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Omar Sharif Never Minded His Grandson Was Gay, Matt Doyle's Album Kickstarter, Ruby Rose Didn't Apologize To Tony Abbott: Meme

Plus: The Muppets have "Jungle Boogie," Rep. Brian Sims introduced an anti-discrimination bill, and "All That Glitters" may reboot

Omar Sharif, Jr. says that his famous actor grandfather never minded him being gay: “Before anything, in the eyes of my grandparents, I was a grandson. It was never a topic of conversation in our relationship. It never changed. We never spoke about it and to them, I was still just Omar.”

As for people who said he was tarnishing his grandfather's legacy, “I think the best thing that I could do in life is to live openly and authentically and happily, and if I’m doing that, I know I’m making them happy because that’s all they would want for me. They would want me to be happy. That’s what grandparents should want for their grandchildren.”


Evidently there's a book called Not Gay: Sex Between White Men, and it's basically about guys who don't identify as gay who bone each other to reassert their heterosexuality. Yes, the origin of the bro-job.

“A straight white girl can kiss a girl, like it, and still call herself straight—her boyfriend may even encourage her," writes Dr. Jane Ward. "But can straight white guys experience the same easy sexual fluidity, or would kissing a guy just mean that they are really gay?”

Honestly, I'm fine with a little sexual fluidity, but I think the analysis of it may push me over a cliff.


For now, Senate Democrats have defeated a procedural vote to defund Planned Parenthood.

It basically went along party lines, with two Democratic Senators voting for it, and one Republican voting against it.


We talked about Norman Lear remaking One Day At a Time, but now comes news that Sony is considering rebooting All That Glitters.

When it aired back in 1977, the workplace sitcom had the first regular transgender character on the air. Gender roles were already inverted on the show, with women running the company and men serving as secretaries and househusbands.

I'm not sure how that all translates to 2015, but it could be interesting.


Like Freedom To Marry, AFER has announced that it's packing up and shutting down with a mission accomplished.


Fox Sports anchor Craig James has filed a discrimination suit against the network, saying he was fired due to his religious beliefs, and not because he made a bunch of anti-gay comments.

Fox Sports claimss that's BS:

“As we have previously stated, Craig James is a polarizing figure in the college sports community and the decision not to use him in our college football coverage was based on the perception that he abused a previous on-air position to further a personal agenda," the channel said in a statement. "The decision had nothing to do with Mr. James’ religious beliefs and we did not discriminate against Mr. James in any way.”

I know its a different division, but is anyone else amused that Fox lawyers will have to fight a religious discrimination suit about anti-gay comments?

And is anyone else looking forward to how Fox News will cover it?


Speaking of homophobes, one tried to pick a fight with two gay men quietly shopping at a bodega. What he didn't count on was that the guys were Larry Lennox-Choate and Daniel Lennox-Choate, the first gay West Point graduates to wed at the school.

“He left covered in his own blood with his tail between his legs after I handled the situation and tossed him in the street like the coward loser he is,"

they wrote on Facebook. "We refuse to be victims and are thankful we can defend ourselves, but are saddened by the fact that idiots like this guy might not pick two guys who went through Plebe Boxing next time.”


Minions create havoc wherever they go. And we wouldn't have it any other way.


There's video of the jerk who killed HitchBOT, the hitchhiking robot, and some speculation that it may have been done as a prank.

I say we use the perpetrators for target practice at Boston Dynamics. Let them play fetch with Big Dog.


Red Oaks star Jennifer Grey says her role is perfect: “I mean, I get to make out with Gage Golightly. I get to go on set with these comedy legends like Paul Reiser, and I get to be the wife of the amazing Richard Kind. And then I get to have, like, hot girlfriends that I get to make out with. I’m just the girl who has everything. I made out like a bandit.”


Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is thinking about running for president as a Democrat.

Its an interesting idea: He's the epitome of big business, a self-made billionaire with a strong bend toward social justice, with decent wages, benefits and ownership under his belt. He's not been afraid to engage, even poorly, on things like race.

He could make a decent challenge to Hillary.


In an amusing twist, Gawker has published Donald Trump's personal cell phone number, mere days after Trump read out Senator Lindsey Graham's number on CNN.

While Trump's voicemail is full, you can still text him.


We've seen a lot of cast photos of training on ABC Family's Shadowhunters, but Entertainment Weekly has the first shots of the cast in costume and on set, and it looks beautifully stylized.


The alleged victim in the sex assault case against HRC co-founder Terry Bean has disappeared and is unavailable to testify. The 17-year-old previously said he doesn't want to press charges against Bean for an encounter that allegedly occurred when he was 15.

The case will either have to be postponed or dropped without his testimony.


Out Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims has introduced a new bill with protections for the LGBT community in his state.

"We've essentially been trying to introduce the exact same bill for the last 10 years, and times have changed. They've changed in the Commonwealth, and they've changed nationally. And the law that we are introducing needed to be changed."


IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says that the agency will not attempt to remove the tax exempt status of any religious organization or school that discriminates against LGBT people.

His statement was in response to Senator Lee, who asked “Will you commit to me that while you remain on as the commissioner, you will not in the absence of a directive by Congress or by the courts, take any action to remove the tax-exempt status from religious colleges and universities based on their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman?"


We've had Jurassic Park and Jurassic World—you really can't go bigger, can you? (Can you really see a Jurassic Galaxy?)

According to JW director Colin Trevorrow, the next movie should be about open-source dinosaur clones: "It’s almost like InGen is Mac, but what if PC gets their hands on it? What if there are 15 different entities around the world who can make a dinosaur? And Dr Wu says in the film when he’s warning Dr Mesrani, ‘We’re not always going to be the only ones who can make a dinosaur’... There is room for this universe to expand. I shouldn’t use the word ‘universe,’ because people will think we’re making a Jurassic World universe – we’re not."


Ruby Rose wants the world to know that she didn't apologize to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott for calling him a "sexist bigot."

"Of all the rumors written about me nothing is more frightening than that I’ve 'had a change of heart with Tony ABBOTT!! No no no. Never. out of context. Was talking about Julia gillard.. I TAKE BACK NO COMMENTS TONY PLEASE LEAVE AUSTRALIA ABBOTT.'"


We've all enjoyed singer Matt Doyle on Instagram for several years, and I've been enjoying his two EPs on my iPhone for just as long. They're bluesy, jazzy gold that just come off like butter, and have been known to make me cry, like "Can't Stay Here."

He's put together a Kickstarter to produce a full-length album, and you can join me in supporting him: He's writing new music with his longtime writing partner Will Van Dyke, reimagining some American standards, and maybe some new arrangements of his classics.

Matt is one of the classiest acts in the business, and has some great music that needs to be heard.


NPR has an interview with Quin Monson, a current Boy Scout leader and a professor at Brigham Young University, about the Scouts' decision to end the ban on gay adult leaders.

He talks about the bond between the Scouts and the Mormon church, and how this decision will likely lead to a break between the two.

But Monson also admits that his son, also a scout, just doesn't see a problem with the change. Sadly, Dad's view is that the poor lad just doesn't understand, and not that his own view is tainted and outdated.


I am all about The Muppets doing "Jungle Boogie." It's a perfect song for almost any character—except for maybe Sam Eagle, who is the one actually singing it in the clip below.

Uptight Sam is totally me when I arrive at the club, awkward and shy. But get a few mai tais in me and I'm dancing on a box in my underwear with a feather boa.

Actually, I think that happened once. Thank God cell phones didn't always have cameras.


Ever wonder what the zoo looks like from the animals' perspective? That's the idea behind The Human Zoo, in which Sony Action Cams were attached to penguins, gorillas, rhinos and other zoo animals.

All of the critters involved had either been hand-reared or worn harnesses before, so they wouldn't mind the cameras. But each still had unique challenges: The gorillas were curious, so they kept destroying the boxes that hid the cameras. The rhino, meanwhile, didn't like it on his skin.

And they barely managed to book Stephen the penguin because it was nearly mating season.

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